The American Top Team product was nixed after some confusion at Friday’s official weigh-ins, and original opponent Javier Vasquez will now fight a three-time “Fight Force: Blood and Sand” veteran Mark Kergosien.

According to the report, Thomas, who weighed in just slightly over the featherweight limit at 146.6 pounds on Friday, immediately began rehydrating as he was under the impression he would still be allowed to fight. Thomas was then told he would still need to make the 146-pound limit and began to cut weight a second time.

Thomas encountered some difficulty with the procedure and wound up requiring medical attention, forcing him out of the contest.

Kergosien steps in as a last-second replacement, preserving Vasquez’s first fight in 20 months. The Wrestling Observer reports Kergosien is a Mississippi-based Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner.

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